Steigra

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Steigra
Map of Germany, position of the municipality of Steigra highlighted

Coordinates: 51 ° 18 ′  N , 11 ° 40 ′  E

Basic data
State : Saxony-Anhalt
County : Saalekreis
Association municipality : Weida land
Height : 213 m above sea level NHN
Area : 29.65 km 2
Residents: 1130 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 38 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 06268
Primaries : 034461, 034632 (Albersroda, Schnellroda)Template: Infobox municipality in Germany / maintenance / area code contains text
License plate : SK, MER, MQ, QFT
Community key : 15 0 88 355
LOCODE : DE SGA
NUTS : DEE0B
Community structure: 5 districts
Website : www.weida-land.de
Mayor : Walter Wrede
Location of the municipality of Steigra in the Saale district
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Steigra is a municipality in the Saalekreis in Saxony-Anhalt . It belongs to the community of Weida-Land , which has its administrative headquarters in the community of Nemsdorf-Göhrendorf .

geography

Steigra is located between Halle (Saale) and Erfurt in the northern part of the Saale-Unstrut wine-growing region .

Community structure

The following districts are identified:

history

In a register of the tithe of the Hersfeld monastery , which was created between 881 and 899, Steigra is mentioned for the first time in a document as the place Stegera im Friesenfeld, which is subject to a tithing obligation . Until 1815 the place belonged to the Wettin , later Electoral Saxon office of Freyburg . The decisions of the Congress of Vienna he came to Prussia and in 1816 the county Querfurt in the administrative district of Merseburg of the Province of Saxony assigned to which he belonged until 1944th

On January 1, 2010, the municipalities of Steigra and Albersroda merged to form the new municipality of Steigra.

politics

mayor

The honorary mayor Michael Stockhaus was first elected on May 26, 2019. Template: future / in 5 yearsHe replaced Walter Wrede, who had held this office since 2001.

Culture and sights

Natural monuments

In Steigra there with the Trojaburg a rare walk- turf mazes . The Scha (r) flinde is located near the Troy Castle. In the Middle Ages, court was held under this linden tree, which is where its name comes from.

Architectural monuments

Not only the churches are distinctive landmarks of Steigra and its districts, there is also a water tower in each district.

  • Church in Steigra

  • Inn in Steigra

  • Lawn maze "Trojaburg"

  • West portal of the Osterberg tunnel west of Steigra

  • Unstruttal bridge west of Steigra

  • Church in Jüdendorf

  • Church in Kalzendorf

  • Church in Schnellroda

  • Water tower in Albersroda

  • Water tower in Jüdendorf

  • Water tower in Schnellroda

  • Water tower at Steigra

Regular events

The spring festival (Heimatverein), which is closely related to Trojaburg and Schaflinde, takes place every spring. There is also a motorcycle meeting (MC Crazy Wheels Steigra eV), a wine hike (Steigraer Winzerverein), and a country meeting (Countryclub Steigra eV). The association with the largest number of members is the Steigraer Carnevalsverein eV with around 100 members, which organizes five carnival events every year. The oldest Steigras association is the Steiersche Pfingstburschen eV This has existed since 1876. In 2003 the Jüdendorfer Heimatverein eV was founded in Jüdendorf. This organizes the Jüdendorf Blossom Festival, which is traditionally held a week before Pentecost.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The federal road 180 from Hettstedt to Naumburg (Saale) runs directly through the municipality .

The new Erfurt – Leipzig / Halle line with the Unstruttal bridge as the second longest bridge in Germany and the Osterberg tunnel runs on and above all under the municipality . The information center for the tunnel is located at the east portal in the district of Kalzendorf.

Web links

Commons : Steigra  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt, population of the municipalities - as of December 31, 2019 (PDF) (update) ( help ).
  2. ^ Reg. Thur. No. 287
  3. ^ Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas. Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 ; P. 34 f.
  4. ↑ The district of Querfurt in the municipal directory 1900
  5. ↑ StBA: Area changes from January 01 to December 31, 2010
  6. ↑ Results of the mayoral election, municipality of Steigra - Saalekreis. State Statistical Office Saxony-Anhalt, August 7, 2019, accessed on April 27, 2020 .
  7. ↑ "I have almost no strength left": Steigra mayor resigns from office. In: Focus Online. January 17, 2019, accessed April 27, 2020 .